Rumely arraigned on perjury charge in Mail case
Dr Edward A Rumely publisher of the New York Evening Mail was held on $35000 bail in federal court on a perjury charge alleging he concealed that he bought the paper for the German imperial government. Hearing set for July 23.
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
United States
Hitchcock
Rumely
A. Mitchell Palmer
Lewis
Dr. Rumely
Jeremiah O’leary
Evening Mail
Count von Bernstorff
Heinrich S. Albert
Henry L. Stoddard
the Mail
F. J. Powell
Black
Mail
Francis P. Garvan
Stoddard
Block
Garvan
Vast Austro-Hungarian desertions amid WWI war report
Paris July 9 1917 more than 300000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers deserted since the war began a Temesvar deputy said confirmed by the supreme command about 150000 mainly Czechs surrendered to Russians Serbians Romanians and Italians and 150000 Hungarians escaped via Roumania between August 1914 and June 1916 Dr Agron blamed non Magyars or non Germans for surrendering and urged harsher discipline the note ends with his rebuke shame on all traitors to the national cause.
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Paris
Temesvar
Roumania
Agron
Battle With Draft Evaders Near Heber Springs
In Heber Springs Arkansas on July 9 authorities said a machine gun battle loomed as about thirty draft evaders and their supporters were hunted by Arkansas national guardsmen. A previous day’s clash at the Atkinson home left three dead including one official and two band members. Guardsmen with two machine guns found food clothing and ammunition suggesting a planned siege as the group reportedly set woods ablaze to cover their retreat.
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Heber Springs
Ark
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Atkinson Homestead
Ambulance Volunteers Decorated for Bravery in British Bombing
London July 9 six volunteer American ambulance drivers and nurses received the military medal for bravery. Attached to the unit administered by Mrs. Margaret Gibson, their courage saved many lives when a damaged camp was bombed by German airmen. Five were cited for racing three ambulances to a burning ammunition dump and removing the wounded.
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London
Margaret Gibson
Vanc
Mallory Steamship ex-vice president Charles Mallory dies
Greenwich reports the death of Charles Mallory, former vice-president of Mallory Steamship Co., at his Clifton Byram Shore home. He was 73 and left the company in 1906.
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Greenwich
Charles Mallory
Mallory Steamship Company
Clifton
Byram Shore
Ar. Malley, Owas
Ee Eary
Russia in limelight as talks seek to aid anti German Russians
Washington reports continued exchanges with entente capitals on the Russian situation. Officials aim to save Russia for the Allies while Germany risks widening suspicions of motives. Cabinet planned Russia focus with plans for economic and military aid under Wilson. German plans to tighten grip on Russia seen as likely, Moscow and Petrograd could fall if unchecked. The next six weeks will judge whether Russia can be saved from German influence.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Wilson
Commerce Redfield
América
Department of Agriculture
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Admiral Benson
Navy
General March
United States
Moscow
Petrograd
Major Mitchel's Body Arrives in New York for State Funeral
The body of former New York mayor Major John Purroy Mitchel arrived at 7 13 am by Southern Express. A funeral procession plan includes a public lying in state at City Hall and a Thursday high requiem mass at St Patrick's Cathedral with thousands expected to attend and a 20 airplane escort.
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New York
John Purroy Mitchel
Lake Charles
Southern Express
Mitchel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Major Mitchel
Grant
City Hall
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Hungarians Sacrificed in Italian Campaign Losses
From Budapest reports hundreds of thousands of Hungarian soldiers were lost in the Piave offensive against Italy. Hungarian deputies protest parliament over excessive losses and denounce the Austrian general staff for annihilating five Hungarian regiments. The Hungarian press joins the campaign, accusing Austria of sacrificing Hungarian troops.
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Berne
Italy
Budapest
Mass killings reported in Chinese Turkestan by bolshevik bands
A Pekin dispatch to The Times says about a thousand Chinese have been murdered in Chinese Turkestan by roving bolshevik hordes. The circulation notes an ultimatum to Russian Turkestan and an expedition using armored trains to mow down peasants and loot towns. Bruta[l]y brutal actions are described.
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Bolsheviki
Turkestan
London
Chinese Turkestan
Pekin
The
Times
Russian Turkestan
Two Casualty Lists Report 109 Names in Navy Army and Marines
Washington reports fifty seven Army casualties with categories for killed, died of wounds, disease, severe and slight injuries, missing and prisoner. Marines add fifty two casualties including killed in action and died of wounds with several missing and severely wounded. New England roster lists include Private and Corporal names with towns across Massachusetts Connecticut and New Hampshire.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps Headquarters
Army
James S. Moore
Atlanta
W. J
Brookline
Mass
George Calker, Jr
San Antonio
Texas
Thomas H. Miles, Jr
Germantown
New England Army
William D. Bell
Quincy
Ray G.estes
Whitefield
James W. Grayson
Methuen
Mario Lucchesi
Lawrence
Martin. R. O’brien
Whitman
Louis Peccerillo
Auburn Street
New Haven
Conn
New England Marine Corps
James R. Whipple
South Wilton
Express Companies’ January 1918 Losses Revealed by I C C
Seven express firms filed returns with the Interstate Commerce Commission showing a combined loss of 1,637,757 for January 1918. Only the Southern Express Co posted a profit with 89,630, while Adams, Amer Express, Canadian, Great Northern, Northern, Wells Fargo and Western Expresses all reported larger deficits versus January 1917.
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Washington
Nepeoerenos
Express
Interstate Commerce Commission _ today
Southern Express Co
Northern Express Co
Wells Fargo Co
Western Express Co
Austrian deputies demand ousting of Seydler ministry
Geneva report from July 9 notes Austrian deputies press for the cabinet’s resignation amid a covert German campaign against Emperor Charles and the empress. Allegations claim the empress blocked gas shells against Italians and aided Italian prisoners. the emperor faces claims of secret talks with the Allies. Also included is brief on an aviation accident near Scott Field and a government weather forecast for New Haven and region.
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Geneva
Charles of Austria
von Seydler
New Haven
Connecticut
Lake Ontario
Lake Region
New England
Mississippi River
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Detroit
Itford
Hatteracksonville
Nan
New Orleans
New
Norfolk
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Town Trust Company
Savine
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
Ee Pew
G. Stern & Son and International Tailoring Co
J. ¥. O'Connell
Main Street
Mee
Corey
Quuack Block
Main ST
NEW York Mail
Entente
Marine Corps
Albert J. Carron
Milford
Henry Cummingskey
New Bedford
William Deluca
Morgan Street
Hartford
John F. Lawson
Worcester
Joseph Pecheca
Fall River
Seydler
Belleville
Ill
Lester H. Cox
New York City
Richard H. Fawcett
Scott Field
Manila
Nourse
Sherman
Oxfords
Popular Copyright
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Roscoe Payne
Joseph C. Lins
Coln
Jim
Honore Willsie
Ethel Dell
Stella Maris
Wm. J. Locke
Grace
Richmond
Hazen
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